All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 The Midnight Bell - Bob's Story

    • April 19, 2005
    • BBC Two

    The plot centres on three characters, each of whom are the focus of one episode. In the first, Bob (Bryan Dick), a waiter who wants to be a writer, falls in love with a prostitute, Jenny (Zoë Tapper): but this leads him into a downward spiral of drinking and spending his hard-earned savings.

  • S01E02 The Siege of Pleasure - Jenny's Story

    • April 20, 2005
    • BBC Two

    The plot centres on three characters, each of whom are the focus of one episode. In the second episode, we're shown how Jenny became a prostitute, which adds dimension to her part of the story and engenders sympathy for what had been an unsympathetic character.

  • S01E03 The Plains of Cement - Ella's Story

    • April 21, 2005
    • BBC Two

    The plot centres on three characters, each of whom are the focus of one episode. The third is Ella's story (Sally Hawkins), a barmaid who we see in the first part as being quietly in love with Bob. She is torn when an older and wealthy man persues her affections.